# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at VALERO THREE RIVERS REFINERY
> OSHA SIR `2016010683` · 1/24/2016 · THREE RIVERS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple face locations
- **Nature of injury:** Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
- **Source:** Sodium and potassium hydroxide, potassium carbonate
## Employer
- **Name:** VALERO THREE RIVERS REFINERY
- **Location:** 301 LEROY, THREE RIVERS, TEXAS, 78071
- **NAICS:** 324110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a positive displacement diaphragm pump in the wastewater treating unit when potassium hydroxide splashed the employee's eyes and face.

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